In view of China’s growing influence in the Pacific region, an Australian MP has compared today’s People’s Republic with Nazi Germany, causing outrage.
Warning of fatal error
Andrew Hastie, chairman of the Intelligence Committee, warned in a newspaper article that he did not underestimate the threat posed by China. The conservative politician wrote in the „Sydney Morning Herald“ (Thursday edition): „The West once believed that China’s economic liberalization would naturally lead to democratization. That was our Maginot line. She would keep us safe. Just as the French believed that their wall of bunkers and fortifications would protect them against the German advance in 1940. They were catastrophically wrong. “
Germany occupied France in 1940. As Maginot line was called the bunkers existing defense system of the French.
The politician of the Liberal Party described the People’s Republic as an „authoritarian neighbor“. If the West does not understand that, it will result in the curtailment of sovereignty and freedoms. Opposition deputy Jim Chalmers called Hastie’s newspaper contribution on station ABC „extreme.“ This would make the already complicated relations with China even more difficult.
